"Kelly, I-I, fuck." The person on the other side takes a shaky breath, but pushes through the tightness in their chest to finish leaving the voicemail. "I'm sorry for calling. I just, I don't know if I can do this anymore, Kelly. I don't think I can," Muffled sobs escape them before they even have a chance to stop them. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry." They apologize again, before hanging up.
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Kelly isn't ready to lose another person in his life, especially not Evan. So after nearly a month of radio silence after the scariest voicemail he's ever gotten, he books a flight to LA, not willing to lose the most important person in his life.
"You just left and didnt give me a reason why!" Kelly screamed at his ex-wife. "I coudn't stay here. Not after we buried our daughter. There were to many painful menories!" "Then why are you back all of a sudden!" Shelby just looked at Kelly. She was back to work. Work in the same firehouse as him. Things were going to be tough seeing him everyday knowing what she did.